2008 in jazz
Jazz in 2008: 120 albums and 51 deaths.
Albums released in 2008
Saga All Stars: Hallelujah I Love Her So / Selected Singles 1955-1957
2008 · Saga
Ella & Louis (and Oscar Too)
2008 · Delta Leisure Group Plc
Miss Ella’s Playhouse
2008 · Verve
Tarzan
2008 · Edel Records
Columbia Jazz Profiles
2008 · Sony BMG Music Entertainment
A Swingin’ Christmas
2008 · Columbia
Gershwin: Porgy and Bess Suite / Rhapsody in Blue / Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
2008 · Dreamlife
BBC Music, Volume 16, Number 13: Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F / Ravel: Piano Concerto in G
2008 · BBC Music Magazine
Complete Music for Piano & Orchestra
2008 · Bridge Records
Rhapsody in Blue / An American in Paris / Piano Concerto
2008 · UCJ
Rhapsody in Blue / American in Paris
2008 · RCA Red Seal
The Unforgettable
2008 · K‐tel
Dance Symphony / Symphony no. 1 / Short Symphony
2008 · Naxos
Variations, Sonata, Fantasy
2008 · Albany Records
Piano Concerto / The Tender Land (Suite) / Old American Songs
2008 · Naxos International
An Evening With Frank Zappa During Which… The Torture Never Stops
2008 · Live · Honker Home Video
Joe’s Menage
2008 · Live · VAULTernative Records
I Love Paris
2008 · Wnts
Live in Paris & Copenhagen 1974
2008 · RLR Records
En avant la zizique !
2008 · Stampa Alternativa
Boris Vian
2008 · Rosevil Prod
Marguerite: The World Premiere of a New Musical
2008 · First Night Records
Écoutez Le Cinéma 48 : La Piscine / Un homme est Mort / Un peu de soleil dans l'eau froide
2008 · Universal Music Jazz France
The Versatile Henry Mancini
2008 · él
The Man Who Loved Women
2008 · Varèse Sarabande CD Club
Still Unforgettable
2008 · ATCO Records
Banda larga cordel
2008 · Warner Music Brasil
Electric Chick
2008 · Verve
On the Radio: The Perry Como Shows 1943
2008 · Acrobat Music
Congo Square
2008 · Shanachie
Tune In Tomorrow…
2008 · Wounded Bird Records
Heartbeat
2008 · Reflex Media Distribution
Christmas
2008 · Rhino
Jo & Co
2008 · Live · Universal Music Polska
Live From Austin, TX
2008 · Live · New West Records
American Voices & Crooners
2008 · DGR
50 Years of Dave Brubeck Live at The Monterey Jazz Festival 1958-2007
2008 · Live · Monterey Jazz Festival Records
Live: Tritonis
2008 · Live · X5 Music Group
Jazz Giants '58
2008 · Lone Hill Jazz
Chet in Chicago
2008 · enja
Theme From The V.I.P.s and Other Great Songs
2008 · Universal Classics & Jazz
Symphonies 7 & 8
2008 · Wergo
Musica da Camera
2008 · Mode
African Woodoo
2008 · Frémeaux & Associés
Chicago XXXII: Stone of Sisyphus
2008 · Rhino
Jazz in Paris: The Nearness of You
2008 · Gitanes Jazz Productions
Phola
2008 · Times Square Records
Encanto
2008 · Concord Records
New Amerykah, Part One (4th World War)
2008
Rhythm & Romance
2008 · Concord Records
Sudden Impact
2008 · Aleph Records
Way... Way Out / Braddock
2008 · Intrada
Spooks
2008 · Aleph Records
Lay It Down
2008 · Blue Note
Unissued in Europe 1971
2008 · Live · Gambit Records
Banda Um
2008 · Live · Iris Music
Performing This Week… Live at Ronnie Scott’s
2008 · Live · Eagle Records
The New Crystal Silence
2008 · Live · Concord Records
Duet
2008 · Live · Stretch Records
Thanks For The Memory
2008 · Future Noise Music
Day Trip
2008 · Nonesuch
Jaco's First Band
2008 · Holiday Park Records
Floating Point
2008 · Abstract Logix
Live At The Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto 1978
2008 · Transparency
Alive Alive-O!
2008 · Live · Beat Goes On Records
Teach Me Tonight
2008 · Live · Jazz Door
Hipishizik Metafizik
2008
Esperanza
2008 · Heads Up International
Road Shows, Volume 1
2008 · Live · EmArcy
Paris 1965 / Copenhagen 1968
2008 · Live · Gambit Records
The Dreamers
2008 · Tzadik
The Crucible
2008 · Tzadik
Lucifer: Book of Angels, Volume 10
2008 · Tzadik
Filmworks XXII: The Last Supper
2008 · Tzadik
Filmworks XIX: The Rain Horse
2008 · Tzadik
Filmworks XXI: Belle de Nature / The New Rijksmuseum
2008 · Tzadik
Filmworks XX: Sholem Aleichem
2008 · Tzadik
Brazil Night Montreux 83
2008 · Live · Mercury Records
Genes & Jeans
2008 · EmArcy
What a Night! A Christmas Album
2008
iTunes Live: Berlin Festival
2008 · Live · Dramatico
Built for Lovin’
2008 · Lost Treasures of the Underworld Records
Sensitive / Lethal
2008 · No Fun Productions
It's Magic
2008 · Birdology
All The Hits Live
2008 · Live · BHM Productions
I'm Every Woman - Live
2008 · Live · Goldenlane Records
Somewhere
2008 · Blix Street Records
Rambling Boy
2008 · Decca Records
Stabat Mater
2008 · EMI Classics
Quirk - The Concertos
2008 · EMI Classics
Journey Into Jazz
2008 · BMOP/sound
Equilibrium
2008 · Prophase Music
Loverly
2008 · Blue Note
On the Real Side
2008 · Four Quarters Records
Psiche
2008 · Platinum s.r.l.
Live at the Half Note
2008 · Live · Jazz Lips
Piano Starts Here: Live at The Shrine (Zenph Re-Performance)
2008 · Live · Sony Classical
The Dragons of Eden
2008 · TDRS Music
Albino Slug
2008 · [no label]
MPS Trio Sessions
2008 · Verve
ひばりとシャープ 虹の彼方
2008 · Columbia
The Lost Tapes, Volume One
2008
Octet
2008 · Verve
Lessons to Be Learned
2008 · Mushroom Records
A Night to Remember
2008 · Columbia
7 vies
2008 · Tandem.mu
Songs of Love & Loss 2
2008
The Clarinetist
2008
Toquinho & Orquestra Jazz Sinfônica ao vivo
2008 · Biscoito Fino
Passport to Paradise
2008 · West Wind
Jazz & Bossa
2008 · Blue Note
Rising Down
2008 · Def Jam Recordings
Voices
2008 · West Wind
A Perfect Place: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
2008 · Ipecac Recordings
Niña de fuego
2008 · Casa Limón
The Legendary Paris Concert (Live)
2008 · Live
Juntos para siempre
2008 · Sony BMG Music Entertainment
Guitars
2008 · Half Note Records
Todo Ritmo
2008 · Prodisc Records
Ever Changing Times
2008 · Irond
Died in 2008
Freddie Hubbard
1938–2008 · American jazz trumpeter (1938–2008)
Monty Waters
1938–2008 · American jazz musician (1938–2008)
Guy Warren
1923–2008 · Ghanian musician / drummer (1923–2008)
Page Cavanaugh
1922–2008 · American musician (1922–2008)
Prince Lasha
1929–2008 · American jazz musician (1929–2008)
Jimmy Gourley
1926–2008 · American jazz guitarist (1926-2008)
Anca Parghel
1957–2008 · singer, music teacher
Pekka Pohjola
1952–2008 · Finnish musician (1952–2008)
Tony Reedus
1959–2008 · American musician (1959–2008)
Miriam Makeba
1932–2008 · South African singer and civil rights activist (1932–2008)
Yma Sumac
1922–2008 · Peruvian-American singer (1922–2008)
Dave McKenna
1930–2008 · American musician (1930-2008)
Neal Hefti
1922–2008 · American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and…
Marc Moulin
1942–2008 · Belgian musician and journalist (1942–2008)
Connie Haines
1921–2008 · American singer (1921-2008)
Earl Palmer
1924–2008 · American drummer (1924–2008)
Bheki Mseleku
1955–2008 · South African musician (1955–2008)
Pierre Van Dormael
1952–2008 · Belgian musician (1952-2008)
Géo Voumard
1920–2008 · Swiss musician (1920–2008)
Jimmy Cleveland
1926–2008 · American jazz trombonist (1926-2008)
LeRoi Moore
1961–2008 · American musician (1961-2008)
Arne Domnérus
1924–2008 · Swedish musician (1924-2008)
Lee Young
1914–2008 · American musician (1914–2008)
Johnny Griffin
1928–2008 · American musician (1928–2008)
Hiram Bullock
1955–2008 · American jazz guitarist (1955–2008)
Joe Beck
1945–2008 · American musician (1945–2008)
Dorival Caymmi
1914–2008 · Brazilian singer, songwriter, actor, and painter (1914–2008)
Jo Stafford
1917–2008 · American singer (1917–2008)
Gerald Wiggins
1922–2008 · American pianist (1922-2008)
Bobby Durham
1937–2008 · American musician (1937–2008)
Ronnie Mathews
1935–2008 · American musician (1935–2008)
Dave Carpenter
1959–2008 · American bass player (1959–2008)
Esbjörn Svensson
1964–2008 · Swedish jazz pianist (1964-2008)
Earle Hagen
1919–2008 · American composer who created music for movies and…
Jimmy McGriff
1936–2008 · American hard bop and soul-jazz organist and organ trio…
Bob Florence
1932–2008 · American jazz arranger and pianist (1932–2008)
Walt Dickerson
1931–2008 · American musician (1931–2008)
Humphrey Lyttelton
1921–2008 · English jazz trumpeter (1921–2008)
Bobby Tucker
1923–2008 · American pianist and arranger (1923–2008)
Phil Urso
1925–2008 · American jazz saxophonist (1925–2008)
Jimmy Giuffre
1921–2008 · American jazz clarinet and saxophone player (1921–2008)
Cachao
1918–2008 · Cuban double bassist and composer (1918–2008)
Patti Bown
1931–2008 · American musician (1931–2008)
Jeff Healey
1966–2008 · Canadian musician (1966–2008)
Teo Macero
1925–2008 · American jazz saxophonist, composer, and record producer…
Henri Salvador
1917–2008 · French Caribbean recording artist; singer, songwriter…
Tata Güines
1930–2008 · Cuban musician (1930–2008)
Jackie Orszaczky
1948–2008 · Hungarian-Australian musician, record producer (1948-2008)
Bill Saragih
1933–2008 · Indonesian musician
Pete Candoli
1923–2008 · American jazz trumpeter (1923-2008)
Irene Reid
1930–2008 · American singer (1930–2008)